Heavy Snow, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- January 18, 4:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Heavy Snow in California, January 18, 2000
Approximately 11 inches of snow fell beginning just before dawn on the 18th, and continued through the morning hours.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Approximately 11 inches of snow fell beginning just before dawn on the 18th, and continued through the morning hours.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Tulare Cty Mtns
- When
- January 18, 4:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5132487, 5132571.